Emphasizing upon the Employment Department to work on providing counselling facilities to desired people, Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, MuhamadYounis Malik on Thursday asked the unemployed youth to come forward and start their own income generating units.

“The unemployed youth rather than relying on government jobs should take advantage of the different self-employment schemes available to them,” DC said, after inaugurating a daylong job fair at DakBanglow, Khanabal here.

The ACR, Anantnag, Joint Director Employment Srinagar, IkramullahTak; AD Employment Anantnag, Manzoor Ahmad Mir General Manager Industries Anantnag Bilal Khurshid, Handloom Officer and other officers also spoke on the occasion. A large number of unemployed youth were registered by UDDAN, HIMIYAT, UMEED and other agencies.